Corte Constitucional no romperá la vacancia judicial por la emergencia económica del gobierno Petro
La Corte Constitucional iniciará el proceso de estudio de la norma, cuando vuelva de la vacancia judicial. Foto: Cortesía
TL;DR
- The Constitutional Court will not interrupt its judicial recess to review Decree 1390, which declares an economic and social emergency.
- The automatic constitutionality review will commence once judicial sessions resume, following legal procedures.
- States of exception are strictly regulated by the Constitution and statutory law, and judicial review must respect due process.
- Judicial recess is a statutory regime that prevents the initiation of proceedings, with studies resuming only upon formal recommencement of judicial activity.
- The court cited the 2009 Decree 4975 as a precedent, where constitutional control began after the judicial recess.
- The court clarified its statement is procedural and not a judgment on the decree's constitutionality.
- The review will be comprehensive, covering the declaration of emergency and subsequent decrees issued under it.
- The decision aims to preserve constitutional process regularity and avoid political interpretations of the court's actions.